UK ion propulsion system development

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 163-172

  Gray, Howard ^a   Smith, Peter ^a   Fearn, David G ^b  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIS; DRAG COMPENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; STATION-KEEPING;

SPACE FLIGHT;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 3943085900     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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